Inquiry Report: Progress in delivering publicly funded scheduled services to patients Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2011 New Zealand will always have more patients than our publicly funded non-urgent medical and surgical services (scheduled/elective services) can cope with at any one time. Common…
District Nursing Service Development in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 30 May 2011 This report highlights the range of creative and responsive district nursing service delivery models. The report goes deeper into four case studies demonstrating how district nurses…
Community Cancer Support Services Pilot Project Evaluation Last Publication Date: 30 May 2011 In 2008, the Ministry of Health commissioned Health Outcomes International to evaluate three community cancer support pilots. The pilot projects aimed at reducing inequalities in cancer…
District Nursing Services in New Zealand in 2010 Last Publication Date: 02 May 2011 This report identifies 65 separate district nursing services offering a wide range of home, clinic, and community based health care services usually seven days a week.…
International Disclosures and Overseas Information and Communication Technologies Survey Last Publication Date: 01 May 2011 Results in this survey showed that a large number of respondents that send information overseas do not check the overseas organisations' use and management of the…
Community Access to Digital Technologies: a literature review Last Publication Date: 01 May 2011 The purpose of this literature review was to find the evidence needed to better answer the following questions: What are the factors (including precursors) that relate to…
Improving the Transition: Reducing Social and Psychological Morbidity During Adolescence Last Publication Date: 01 May 2011 The Prime Minister Rt Hon. John Key Parliament Buildings Wellington 6160 9 May 2011 Dear Prime Minister Improving the transition: reducing social and psychological morbidity during adolescence In October 2009 you requested me…
Towards a better understanding of young people: The introduction of a new risk, needs and strengths assessment tool Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011 Social Work Now, Issue 47, pages 10-17. Alex was first caught offending at age 11 years. Social services had concerns for the safety and wellbeing of Alex…
Violence in families – the experience and needs of the child Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011 Social Work Now, Issue 47, pages 27-34. New Zealand is no different from many other countries in the levels of violent and abusive behaviour within households. Most…
Targeting Shorter Waits For Cancer Treatment Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011 Health targets are a set of national performance measures specifically designed to improve the performance of health services. They provide a focus for action.The impact they…